Wash-boiler



(NoModeL) DANIEL GOPPEY' & DENNIS GOFFEY.

WASH BOILER.

Patented June 2, 1891.

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL COFFEY AND Dennis corrnmor ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

WASH-BOILER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 453,463, dated June 1891.

I Application filed August 4, 1890. Serial No. 361,004. lNo model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, DANIEL COFFEY and DENNIS COFFEY, both of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefutImprovement in WVash-Boiler Attachments; and

we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference belng had to the drawings accom bottom of an ordinary Wash-boiler and cleans the clothes by spoutin gwater over and through the same.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view showing a wash-boiler with the attachment secured in place. ticalseotion of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the attachment turned bottom upward. Fig. 4t is a perspective view of a portion of one of the side racks and its attachments.

A indicates the wash-boiler, which is of usual form and difiers from ordinary boilers only in having a series of wire loops a a attached on opposite sides inside for securingthe attachment in place.

B is the attachment which forms the subject of our invention. This attachment consist-s of a receptacle open at the bottom but closed at the top, fitting inside the boiler and provided with spouts O 0, through which the water is ejected on top of the clothes. The receptacle consists of a top plate band vertical rim 0, that rests on the boiler-bottom.

d cl are two division-plates extending crosswise of the receptacle and dividing it into three compartments f g h. The water from the boiler passes through openings 1' i in the sides of the rim 0 into the center chamber g, where it becomes heated, and thence passes into the end chambers f it through openings jj, and thence it passes up the spouts O O and discharges on top of the clothes.

Z Z are two valves covering the openings between the center and the end compartments.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal ver- These valves open back from the center compart-ment into the end compartments to allow the water to pass'into the end compartments, but close against any reaction of the water. They thus insure a constant forward flow.

m m are two plates in the end compartments forming water-ways leading from the valveopenings backward to the openings that open into the spouts and inclosing the valves between' their sides. They serve as a guide and protection to the Valves and also as channels to direct the water to the spouts. They also insure the proper closing of the valves in case of back action. The lower edges of the vertical rim 0 and the edges of the division-plates d d are wired to give stiffness and strength.

ceptacle, but extend down only a part wayof the depth of the receptacle, leaving a free passage underneath. The guards come opposite and cover the npperhalf of the openings it, but leave the lower half unobstructed, so that a direct fiow is made from the outside to the inside through this lower half. The advantage of these guards is that they cause the water entering from the outside through the openings 1' i to be deflected or turned downward, so as to strike the bottom of the boiler, thereby obtaining a greater amount of heat than it would if it entered higher and passed more directly through the chamber. These guards also tend to hold the waterin place in the center chamber and prevent it from being driven back and out again under the pressure of the steam which is generated there. It

also serves to prevent the entrance of such clothes as may pass down between the receptacle and the sides of the boiler. This arrangement constitutes one of the novel featnres of our invention.

D D are two racks on opposite sides of the receptacle and resting 011 top of the same.

These racks rest on or are attached to slides '2 2', which are held by suitable guides s s, attached to the top of the receptacle. The slides are movable in and out in the guides, so that the racks can be adjusted bodily to fit the sides of the boiler when the attachment is in place. \Vhen so adjusted out, the racks cover the space between the receptacle and boilers and prevent the passage of any of the clothes downward to obstruct the entrance of water into the receptacle. When the attachment is to be removed from the boiler, these racks are slid back over the receptacle to free them from the sides of the boiler. The ends of the slides 0' 0' are turned up at right angles, and in the ends next to the boiler they are notched, as shown at r 9", and these notches fit under the projecting loops (0 (1, attached on the inside of the boiler.

t t are hooks pivoted to the ends of the slides and hooking into the loops at a, thereby preventing the slides from being drawn back. used in place of the hooks.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a wash-boiler attachment, the combination, with the division-plates (Z d, dividing the receptacle into three compartments and provided with openings j j, of the passage 1) i in thesides of the receptacle, opening into the middle compartment, and the guards p 1), parallel with the sides, projecting downward Any other suitable fastenings may be from the top plate b and covering a portion only of the openings '6 2', as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

2. In a wash-boiler attachment, the combination of the division-plates d d, dividing the receptacle into three compartments and provided with openings j j, the plates m m, leading from said division-plates to the spoutopenings and forming water-ways, the swinging valves 1 I, located in said waterways, the openings ii in the sides of the receptacle, and the guards 1) p, opposite the openings and covering a portion of their vertical extent, as herein shown and described.

3. In a wash-boiler attachment, the combination, with the receptacle B, of the slides r 'r, resting in the guides s s, the racksD D,attached to the slides, and a suitable fastening for attaching the slides to the boiler, as hereour names in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL COFFEY. DENNIS COFFEY. Witnesses:

OHAs. A. WIDENER, R. F. ()sooon. 

